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Helen Creighton Foundation
Corporate body · 1990-1997

The Helen Creighton Foundation was established on 12 July 1990. The Province of Nova Scotia started it off with an initial endowment of $50,000 which was to be increased and administered by the University of King's College. The interest from this endowment was to be used to perpetuate Dr. Creighton's memory through the establishment of biennial memorial lectures, the presentation of concerts, merit awards for published works, folklore acquisitions for the library, and other measures approved by the Board. The mandate changed somewhat with the establishment of a grants-in-aid program in 1992 which was administered by the Foundation until it merged with the Helen Creighton Folklore Society on 5 October 1997.

Corporate body · 1941-1980

H. Loomer Greenhouses Limited of Falmouth, Hants County, Nova Scotia, was incorporated on 18 April 1941. The business acquired the plant, machinery, equipment and real estate of the previous owner, Handley Loomer, from his heirs, Earl, Alice and Helen Loomer. Handley Loomer (1867-1939) had started the vegetable greenhouse business in Falmouth in 1897; in 1935 Ralph Loomer (1905-2003), Handley's son, and a cousin of the other Loomers, organized Avon Valley Greenhouses Ltd. The first directors of H. Loomer Greenhouses were Cecil W. Townshend of Windsor, solicitor; Adelaide R. Gallagher of Windsor, stenographer; and Marjorie A. Poole of Windsor, clerk. They resigned in June 1941 and Earl, Alice and Helen Loomer replaced them as directors. Earl Loomer was named president and Alice Loomer, secretary. They continued in those offices until the Falmouth Greenhouse ceased operations in 1977. The company operated greenhouses at Falmouth and Kingston, and flourished until the early 1970s because of cheap and stable fuel, labour and construction costs. However by 1975 there was a great deal of financial uncertainty, with escalating costs and prices. In 1977 it was decided to discontinue the Greenhouse operation at Falmouth, and offer the property for sale. In December 1979 H. Loomer Greenhouses legally changed its name to H. Loomer Industries Limited. In October 1980, the company ceased doing business and surrendered its certificate of incorporation, with its assets being dispersed to shareholders and holding no outstanding debts or liabilities.

Norrie, J.P.
Person · 1891-1945

James Paul Norrie was born on 25 April 1891 in Onslow, Nova Scotia, the son of James Henry and Annie (McDougall) Norrie. He was a dairy farmer and mining engineer who worked across Canada looking predominantly for gold. He graduated from the Nova Scotia Technical College in 1913 and began his career as a mine inspector, later working for several United States companies before finding his way to the Quebec wilderness. From 1927 to 1945, he found more mines in Canada than anyone before him. He transformed the wilderness of the Malartic region into an economically prosperous community by discovering, or helping to develop, the East Malartic, Aubelle, Croinor, Louvicourt, Norbenite and Sladen mines. His greatest success in the region was with Malartic Goldfields, which out-produced its neighbours. He also was involved with the discovery of pitchblende at Great Bear Lake, where the Eldorado uranium mine was later developed. He owned Inspiration Mining and Development Company Ltd. He died on 9 October 1945. He was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 2000.

Corporate body · 1881-1993

This organization was originally established in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1881 to assist independent businessmen with accommodations, insurance, and death related benefits as an aid with their business activities. The first president was A.K. Mackinlay and the first secretary was James Fraser. The geographic scope of the organization rapidly changed to include all three Maritime Provinces. In more recent years the Association has offered group registered retirement savings plans and other group benefits. In 1993 members of the Maritime Commercial Travellers Association joined the NWC Travellers Association to provide greater access to benefit services and create a larger national negotiating body.

Corporate body · 1964-

Alfred J. Bell and Grant Company Limited was created on 1 January 1964 with the merger of Alfred J. Bell and Co., Ltd and Grant, Oxley & Co., Ltd. Alfred J. Bell and Grant Co. had its start about 1890 under Alfred Joseph Bell ([ca. 1853]-1919). Upon his death the business was run by Archibald Crease and later with his son, Edward F. "Ted" Crease. Grant, Oxley and Co. was established in 1892 by MacCallum Grant (1845-1928), who also served as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia between 1916 and 1925. He was joined by Harold Oxley (1860-1935) who led the business until his death, when Eric McNeil Grant (b. 1889) became the new president. The business continues to operate as Bell and Grant Insurance to the present day, offering a full range of insurance products for consumers in Nova Scotia.

Corporate body · 1976-

The Dramatists' Co-op of Nova Scotia, an offshoot of the Nova Scotia's Writers' Federation, was founded in Halifax in 1976. Conceived by Christopher Heide, Andrew Wetmore, and John Culjak, the co-op's aim was to raise the profile of playwrights from Nova Scotia, and more broadly, the Atlantic Provinces and provide them with a publishing support network for their plays. Specifically, the co-op established a small publishing house intended to publish and thereby improve the circulation of regional writers' manuscripts. Additionally, the co-op promoted and served to legitimize regional writing which was often overlooked by major theatres when planning their annual schedules and engaged in political activism, representing members to such bodies as the Nova Scotia government, the Playwrights' Co-op of Canada, the Guild of Canadian Playwrights, and the Playwrights Union of Canada.

Corporate body · 1820-

In 1774, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia's circuit system was established by an act of the legislature. In this system, judges travelled to outlying areas to hold court. By 1834 the initial requirement to have cases heard in the presence of two or more judges was removed and a single judge hearing cases on circuit was invested with the full powers and jurisdiction of the court in Halifax. Cape Breton Island, as a separate colony from 1784 to 1820, had its own supreme court which sat at Sydney. With reannexation in 1820, supreme court circuit sessions were established at Sydney. The circuit initially served the area of present day Cape Breton, Inverness and Victoria counties. In 1834 a circuit court sitting was established at Port Hood to serve the area of Inverness, which became a county the following year. The area of the Cape Breton circuit was further reduced in 1851, when Victoria became a separate county with its own circuit court.

Comeau, Phil, 1956-
Person · 1956-

Phil Comeau, filmmaker and poet, was born in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia, on 2 March 1956. He was raised in the Baie Ste-Marie area of southwest Nova Scotia. While studying drama at the University of Moncton in 1974, he began work on a film script entitled “Les Refugies” (later “La Cabane”). Filmed in 1976, “La Cabane” was the first 16 mm Acadian film made in Nova Scotia, a fictional account of teenagers confronting parental authority in a conservative Acadian village. His second film, “Les Gossipeuses,” was a comedy about three women gossips from a similar small village. Later Comeau shifted his talents to documentaries and by the mid-1980s he had directed eight, all set in the Acadian regions of Nova Scotia. In 1986 he released the children's fantasy/drama “Le Tapis de Grand-Pre,” which won the Award of Excellence at the 1986 Atlantic Film Festival, and a bronze medal at the first International French-Speaking Games, held in Morocco in 1989. In 1994 Comeau released his first theatrical feature, the drama “Le Secret De Jerome” (1994), which was based on the true story about a man with both legs cut off at the knees who was found on a beach off Nova Scotia's Acadian Shore. The film has since won twelve major film awards at film festivals in Canada, the United States, France, and Belgium. In all, Comeau has directed one theatrical feature film, 10 short dramas or docu-dramas, 31 documentaries, and fifty commercials, in both English and French. Besides his film-making activities, Comeau has published several books of poetry, a “dictionnaire acadjonne,” and an anthology of Nova Scotian Acadian poets. However, he remains Nova Scotia's most prolific and successful Acadian filmmaker.

Creighton, Helen
Person · 1899-1989

Helen Creighton was an author and pioneer in the field of folklore, both nationally and internationally. Born Mary Helen Creighton on 5 September 1899 in Dartmouth, N.S., she was the daughter of Charles and Alice (nee Terry) Creighton. She graduated from Halifax Ladies College in 1916, was a driver with the Royal Flying Corps in Toronto, 1918 and an ambulance driver for the Red Cross Caravan in Nova Scotia, 1920. She trained in social work at the University of Toronto until 1923, when she traveled to Mexico and taught school in Guadalajara. Her broadcasting career began in 1926 as 'Aunt Helen' on CHNS Radio. She began collecting folklore in 1928. Her first publication based on her findings was Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia (1932). In all, she authored 13 books of folk songs, ballads, and stories. She served as Dean of Women at King's College, 1939 to 1941, and attended the Institute of Folklore at the University of Indiana, 1942. She compiled Maritime folklore and folk music for the National Museum of Canada, 1947-1965. Her final publication was Fleur de Rosier (1989). Her works have been the source for symphonies, operas, musical theatre productions, films, a ballet, and many recordings by professional artists. She received numerous awards for her achievements, including Distinguished Folklorist of 1981, six honorary doctorates, Fellow of the American Folklore Society, Honorary Life President of the Canadian Authors' Association, Order of Canada, and the Queen's Medal. She died in Dartmouth in 1989.

Corporate body · 1962-

On 19 October 1962 Premier Robert Stanfield announced the creation of the Interdepartmental Committee on Human Rights. Chaired by the Premier, the other members of the committee were the Ministers of Education and Labour, and the Deputy Ministers of Public Health, Public Welfare, Labour, and Education as well as the Chairman of the Nova Scotia Housing Commission. The committee was charged with giving immediate attention to the problems of Blacks in Nova Scotia, reviewing existing provincial services and legal responsibilities in respect to all minority groups, and making recommendations to improve race relations in the province and generally promoting freedom of equality and opportunity. Following a report by C.R. Brookbank in 1967 on the Organization and administration of the human rights program of the province of Nova Scotia, the committee directed the creation of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. Throughout its existence the committee was chaired by the Premier with F. R. MacKinnon, the Deputy Minister of Public Welfare, as its secretary.